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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mons, Hainaut, Belgium

Dec 31, 2028 at 5:52 pm
Max View in Mons, Hainaut
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Mons, Hainaut
Begins: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 4:39 pm
Maximum: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 5:52 pm 1.246 Magnitude
Ends: Sun, Dec 31, 2028 at 8:40 pm
Duration: 4 hours, 1 minute

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December 31, 2028 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Mons

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like in Mons. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times are local time (CET) for Mons.

Time Phase Event Direction Altitude
3:03 pm Sun, Dec 31 Not directly visible Penumbral Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction North-northeast 32°
-10.5°
4:07 pm Sun, Dec 31 Not directly visible Partial Eclipse begins Below horizon Map direction Northeast 45°
-4.4°
4:39 pm Sun, Dec 31 Rising Moonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends. Map direction Northeast 51°
-0.2°
5:16 pm Sun, Dec 31
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast. 		Map direction East-northeast 58°
4.0°
5:52 pm Sun, Dec 31
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East-northeast. 		Map direction East-northeast 64°
8.6°
6:27 pm Sun, Dec 31
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends. Map direction East-northeast 70°
13.6°
7:36 pm Sun, Dec 31
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends. Map direction East 82°
23.8°
8:40 pm Sun, Dec 31
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends. Map direction East 94°
33.5°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse is fully visible in Mons. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Dec 31)

In the past, this day was cloudy 84% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Mons

Eclipse Visibility From Mons Visibility Worldwide
Aug 12, 2026 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2027 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 2, 2027 Partial Solar Eclipse Total Solar Eclipse
Jan 12, 2028 Partial Lunar Eclipse Partial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Mons, or the path map image for global details.

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